The Prodigal Rebel Returneth

[jonny deep]

Hey Gang. Long time no speak, hope you're all doing well. Things look pretty normal round here, I don't think I've been round since I heard about Miner. I listened to a bunch of stuff in here the last couple of days, it all sounds great. I'll get to commenting and contributing again, although I'm not sure I have anything useful to add.

Anyhoo, I fired up the recording setup over Christmas. Ended up working up a single voal line I came up with 13 years ago into an annoying chirpy pop song. Also ended up being my best work to date, so I'd love to share it for your criticism if you'd allow me a little grace!

I think it's more than 5 years since my last recording, which had become sporadic at best. I was diagnosed with ADHD a couple of years ago, so my life is starting to make some sense. I've signed up for some free songwriting & production courses at one of the local universities and I'm hoping I can keep this going as a hobby again now my kids are a bit older.

Song is attached (I think!) - I've hammered it with this free rip off of the Oxford Inflator to bring everything up in the mix, can't really tell if it's just loud and overdone or actually sounds good.

https://github.com/Kiriki-liszt/JS_Inflator

Lots of love to you and yours from me and mine. These are turbulent times, I hope everyone is managing to stay safe.

[vomitHatSteve]

I'm always here for more ska-tinged music!

For mix tweaks, I'd take the guitars up pretty substantially and the horns down a little.

Welcome back!

[JD01]

Yeah - I agree with Steve, horns too loud, guitars to quiet.
If I was mixing this, I'd mix it without the horns, then bring them in afterwards.

The drums sound very un-dynamic if you know what I mean. Just like they need a bit more velocity and timing variation.

I like that you were diagnosed with ADHD and then immediately went back to a forum where you can waste even more time reading and chatting and not bothering to record! Skillz!

Nice to see you again though, mate. This song sounds very early 90s British - you know what I mean. Before Britpop became all serious.

[Armistice]

Hey jonny!

Pretty much echoing what everyone else says... and the other JD's tip about mixing without the horns could be worth a try. I sense there are things in the mix that I can't actually hear because the horns are burying stuff... how are you doing the horns, BTW?

Nice guitar solo too!

Nice pop tune.

[jonny deep]

Hi - thanks so much for your comments. I am coming back to address them and see if I can improve my mix. Been a bit overwhelmed this week with work and my family all having a stomach bug at the same time. I haven’t just disappeared again!

[jonny deep]

Hi - thanks so much for your comments. I am coming back to address them and see if I can improve my mix. Been a bit overwhelmed this week with work and my family all having a stomach bug at the same time. I haven’t just disappeared again!